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Vocabulary
BASS NOTE The lowest note played in a chord

CHORD Three or more pitches played simultaneously, usually a root, third, and fifth,
though sometimes a seventh is added

DIMINISHED FIFTH An interval made up of two whole steps and two half steps

DIMINISHED CHORD A chord consisting of a minor third and a diminished fifth

DOMINANT The fifth note of the major scale. The major chord built on the dominant, desig-
nated V, leads strongly toward the tonic

HALF STEP The smallest recognized interval in Western music. The distance represented by
one fret on a guitar is a half step

INTERVAL The musical distance between two notes, measured by the number of whole and
half steps between the two notes

INVERSION The use of notes in the chord other than the root as the bass note

KEY The basis of musical sounds in a piece. Each key uses the notes and chords of
the corresponding major scale. The key is named after the tonic (e.g. the tonic in
the key of A is A)

LEADING TONE The seventh note of the major scale, one half step below the tonic. This note
leads strongly toward the tonic

MAJOR CHORD A chord consisting of a major third and a perfect fifth

MAJOR SCALE A group of eight notes with the following whole step/half step pattern between
them: Whole, Whole, Half, Whole, Whole, Whole, Half

MAJOR SEVENTH An interval made up of five whole steps and one half step

MAJOR THIRD An interval made up of two whole steps

MINOR CHORD A chord consisting of a minor third and a perfect fifth

MINOR SEVENTH An interval made up of four whole steps and two half steps

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MINOR THIRD An interval made up of one whole step and one half step

MODULATE To change keys

PERFECT FIFTH An interval made up of three whole steps and one half step

ROOT The note a chord is built on

SEVENTH CHORD A chord consisting of a major third, a perfect fifth, and a minor seventh. Major
seventh chords (notated maj7) contain a major seventh instead of a minor seventh

SUSPENDED CHORD A chord containing either the root, second, and fifth (sus2), or the root, fourth, and
fifth (sus4)

TONIC The note on which the major scale is based

WHOLE STEP An interval made up of two half steps. The distance represented by two frets on a
guitar is a whole step

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Five basic Open Major Forms Open Minor Forms Barre Major Forms

chord forms

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Minor Pentatonics

Root on E Root on E2 Root on A

Root on A2 Root on D

Root

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Minor Pentatonics

Root on E Root on E2 Root on A

Root on A2 Root on D

Root Blue Note

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Modes

Ionian Dorian Phrygian

Mixolydian Aeolian

Root

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Mode Licks DVD 1 GuitarJamz.com

Lesson 1

H
H
5 7 7 P
5 5 7 7 S W W ^ P 9
5 6 5 5 6 8 / 10 ^ S 8
8 10 11 10 8 10 8/7

Lesson 2

H
7 9 10 9
7 9 S 9 7 7 9
8 10 6 / 7

Lesson 3

10 10 10 9 9 9 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 9 9 9
9 9 9 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7

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Lesson 4

H S
H 14 / 12 10
12 14 H P 14 12
12 14 14 12
11 12 11

Lesson 5

H
9 H 9 9
8 11 H P S 9 7 8
9 10 12 10 9 / 7
9 12 10 11 10 9

Lesson 6

S S
S S 9 / 10 10 / 9 7
S S 9 / 10 10 / 9 7
S S 12 / 13 13 / 12 10
12 / 13 13 / 12 10

S S S
S S 7 / 8 8 / 7 5 1 / 2
7 / 8 8 / 7 5 5

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Lesson 7

H
P
8 9
7 9 7 9
8 S 8
7 8 9 10 6 / 7

Lesson 8

S
7 10 / 9 7
7 9 6
7 9 6
9 10 7
10 7

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Lesson 1

S
7 10 / 9 7
7 9 6
7 9 6
9 10 7
10 7

Lesson 2

S S S S S 2
1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 2 3 1 / 2
5 3 2

Lesson 3

H P 14
S H P 12 12 14
H P 12 / 11 14 12 11 12 11
15 12 12 13 13 12
14 15 14 15

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Lesson 4
End Variation 1 End Variation 2

P
P 4 P 4
11 9 7 6 4 2 4 2 2 4 4 2 2 4
3 2 5 3
10 9 7 5 3 2

Lesson 5

H
H
4 5
2 3
2 S P
3 5 / 6 6 5 3
3 4 5 4 3

Lesson 6

S S 3
4 / 5 4 / 5 5
6 6 3 3 6 3 3 6 6 3 3 6 3 3

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Lesson 7

P P P
5 6 8 P 10 12 13
7 3 8 5 10 7 12 8 13 10 15 12

S
S 12 10 / 12
W 14 / 12 10 10 / 12
^ 15 13
15 13

Lesson 8

9 10 H 10
7 8 10 10 8 7 8 10
7 8 10 10 8 7
7 8 7

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